Dean Harold, vice chairman of Olympia Gaming, and Pat LaMarche, spokeswoman for the Yes on 2 campaigns, told reporters they plan to bring 800 new jobs to western Maine.

These positions will pay an average of $35,000 a year and all full-time jobs will come with benefits, such as health care, Harold said.

"America has become the adult Disneyland in the world," said Harold, a former president of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas . "It's entertainment. It's like spending your money going to the movies."
Voters will be asked in November to decide whether to allow Olympia Gaming to open a casino somewhere in Oxford County. LaMarche said the exact location would be announced in 10 days.
Casino foe, CasinosNo! Recently responded to television commercials posted by supporters with an ad of its own on the Internet.

Olympia Gaming of Las Vegas announced it acquired control of Evergreen Mountain Enterprises LLC, the company proposing to build a casino in Oxford County. Olympia Gaming, a privately held company, also owns Casino Fandango in Carson City, Nev.

LaMarche reports that if voters approve the casino , it will be up to the Legislature's Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee to make changes to the legislation. The company wants the language changed so that no casino employees can be younger than 21.
The casino will be a resort with good food, convention space, entertainment, a spa and indoor and outdoor pools.

"This will be a resort of which a piece of the resort will be gambling ," he said.
The casino will be called Oxford Highlands and will give the state 39 percent of proceeds. In addition, 2 percent would go to the town in which it is located, and 1 percent would go to Oxford County.
Olympia Gaming is planning to spend $100 million on the first phase of the project, and would spend additional money on a second phase, Harold said.

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